Yengarie, Queensland

Yengarie Queensland
Yengarie Sugar Refinery ruins, 2002
Yengarie
Coordinates	25°32′34″S152°35′45″E / 25.5427°S 152.5958°E / -25.5427; 152.5958
Population	615 (2021 census) [1]
• Density	22.61/km2 (58.56/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	4650
Area	27.2 km2 (10.5 sq mi)
Time zone	AEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)	Fraser Coast Region
State electorate(s)	Maryborough
Federal division(s)	Wide Bay
Suburbs around Yengarie: Dunmora Oakhurst Tinana Dunmora Yengarie Tinana Yerra Grahams Creek Tinana

Yengarie is a rural locality in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. ^[2] In the 2021 census, Yengarie had a population of 615 people. ^[1]

History

Yengarie School opened on 30 March 1868 as a non-vested school (funded by the Queensland Government but not operated by the government). ^{[3] [4]} On 14 July 1873, it became Yenagarie State School (operated by the government). In 1873, it had 89 students and a new school building was being constructed to replace the old building described as "dilapidated and overcrowded". ^[5] It closed in 1963. ^{[6] [7]} It was at 340 Old Mill Road ( 25°33′19″S152°37′00″E / 25.55534°S 152.61673°E / -25.55534; 152.61673 (Yengarie State School (former)) ). ^{[8] [9]}

Demographics

In the 2016 census, Yengarie had a population of 460 people. ^[10]

In the 2021 census, Yengarie had a population of 615 people. ^[1]

Heritage listings

Yengarie has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

• Central Sugar Mill Ruins, Old Mill Road ^[11]
• Yengarie Sugar Refinery Ruins, Old Mill Road ^[12]

See also

• List of tramways in Queensland

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Yengarie (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
2. "Yengarie – locality in Fraser Coast Region (entry 47268)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 10 June 2019.
3. "No title". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay And Burnett Advertiser . Vol. VIII, no. 539. Queensland, Australia. 25 December 1867. p. 2. Retrieved 27 July 2024– via National Library of Australia.
4. "No title". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay And Burnett Advertiser . Vol. VIII, no. 555. Queensland, Australia. 19 February 1868. p. 2. Archived from the original on 27 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024– via National Library of Australia.
5. "No title". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay And Burnett Advertiser . No. 1412. Queensland, Australia. 23 August 1873. p. 2. Archived from the original on 27 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024– via National Library of Australia.
6. "Agency ID 6232, Yengarie State School". Queensland State Archives . Retrieved 27 July 2024.
7. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN   978-1-921171-26-0
8. "Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m112" (Map). Queensland Government. 1941. Archived from the original on 27 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
9. "Layers: Locality; Road and rail; Land parcel". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 19 December 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
10. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Yengarie (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
11. "Central Sugar Mill Ruins (entry 602488)". Queensland Heritage Register . Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
12. "Yengarie Sugar Refinery ruins (entry 600970)". Queensland Heritage Register . Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 7 July 2013.

External links

• "Oakhurst and Yengarie". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland.
• "SUGAR IN THE MARY DISTRICT.—I". The Brisbane Courier . Vol. XXVIII, no. 4, 967. Queensland, Australia. 30 August 1873. p. 6 – via National Library of Australia. — a description of Yengarie in 1873